Corn Poppy

Papaver rhoeas
Papaveraceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

Annual to 90cm. Stems erect, branching, hispid, rarely glabrous. Leaves pinnate or pinnatisect, segments lanceolate, acuminate, to 15cm. Flowers solitary, to 7.5cm across; sepals hispid; petals orbicular or ovate, usually entire, occasionally crenate to emarginate, brilliant red, sometimes with black basal spot; stigmatic disc 5-18 rayed. Fruit subglobose, to 2cm, glabrous.

Source of plant

J.L. Hudson, Seedsman

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical, food